How NOT to drive a forklift...

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Could this be used as a perfect example of "Having a bad day"?
This accident happens in a warehouse in Moscow filled with glass bottles of vodka and cognac...The driver apparently escaped with minor injuries to one of his legs, but the accident apparently cost the owners of the warehouse around  £60,000.

http://tr.im/EeHt ( Discovered via the Radio 4 PM Blog entry here: http://tr.im/EgoL )

Never mind the number of health and safety violations the company has probably committed in allowing the accident to happen - a quick glance at the comments on various sites that have posted it indicate a lack of cross-bracing on the shelving, shelving not bolted to the floor, forklifts that shouldn't really be used indoors, dodgy forklift design.

Oh well, as the driver only escaped with minor injuries, at least he would have been able to drown his sorrows afterwards :)
Interestingly, noone's revealed if he kept his job or if he was given the Russian equivalent of a P45...

(Jeez - two blog entries in one day. Don't get used to it...)

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